Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for their's is the kingdom in heaven.

Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake.

(for after all these things the heathen seek:) and your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of them all.

But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

But when the multitude saw it, they were astonished, and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

And ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the heathen.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, that man shall be saved.

He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it.

Wo unto thee, Chorazin! wo unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles which had been wrought in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long since would they have repented in sack-cloth and ashes.

yes, Father! since such is thy good pleasure.

When any person heareth the word of the kingdom, and doth not understand it, the wicked one cometh, and snatcheth away what was sown on his heart: such is he who is the sown by the road-side.

hath not really root in himself, but is merely temporary: and when tribulation or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately he is stumbled.

For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother.

And the king was grieved: but for his oath's sake, and on account of those who were with him, he commanded it to be given her.

And when Jesus was come forth, he saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion towards them, and healed their sick.

And he answering, said unto them, When evening comes, ye say, Fair weather, for the sky is red.

And in the morning, It will be tempestuous to-day, for the sky is gloomy and fiery red. Ye hypocrites, do ye know how to discern the appearance of the sky, and are ye unable to discern the signs of the times?

For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.

What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them stray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek that which had strayed?

Then said Jesus, Permit little children, and hinder them not from coming to me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

And every one who hath left family, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit life eternal.

Then shall they deliver you up to affliction, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

then let such as are in Judea flee into the mountains.

For then the tribulation will be great, such as never was from the beginning of the world, and never more shall be.

And except those days were shortened, there would be no flesh saved: but for the elect's sake these days shall be shortened.

and they knew it not till the deluge came, and swept them all away; such also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.

When indeed saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye did not clothe me: sick, and in prison, and ye took no care of me.

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

And he said, Go into the city, unto such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand: I will keep the passover with my disciples at thy house.